Irene Papas
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Irene Papas (Greek: Ειρήνη Παππά, born Eirini Lelekou (Greek: Ειρήνη Λελέκου), 3 September 1929 – 14 September 2022) was a Greek actress and singer who starred in over 70 films in a career spanning more than 50 years. She gained international recognition through such popular award-winning films as The Guns of Navarone (1961), Zorba the Greek (1964) and Z (1969). She was a powerful protagonist in films including The Trojan Women (1971) and Iphigenia (1977). She played the title roles in Antigone (1961) and Electra (1962). She had a fine singing voice, on display in the 1968 recording Songs of Theodorakis. Papas won Best Actress awards at the Berlin International Film Festival for Antigone and from the National Board of Review for The Trojan Women. Her career awards include the Golden Arrow Award in 1993 at Hamptons International Film Festival, and the Golden Lion Award in 2009 at the Venice Biennale. Description above from the Wikipedia article Irene Papas, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Credits
The Trojan Women (1971)
as Helen
The Guns of Navarone (1961)
as Maria Pappadimos
Into the Night (1985)
as Shaheen Parvici
Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001)
as Drosoula
Lion of the Desert (1981)
as Mabrouka
Zorba the Greek (1964)
as Widow
The Message (1976)
as Hind
Bambina (1974)
as Raimonda Spina
Erendira (1983)
as Grandmother Amadis
Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
as Queen Catherine
Z (1969)
as Hélène
Jacob (1994)
as Rebekka
Bouboulina (1959)
as Laskarina Bouboulina
The Odyssey (1969)
as Penelope
Don't Torture a Duckling (1972)
as Dona Aurelia Avallone
The Moon-Spinners (1964)
as Sophia
The Brotherhood (1968)
as Ida Ginetta
Morceaux de Cannes (2021)
Actor
Iphigenia (1977)
as Klytaimnistra
Bloodline (1979)
as Simonetta Palazzi
The Battle of Sutjeska (1973)
as Borina majka
Party (1996)
as Irene
A Talking Picture (2003)
as Helena
Tribute to a Bad Man (1956)
as Jocasta Constantine
Chronicle of a Death Foretold (1987)
as Madre de Angela
Attila (1954)
as Grune
The Assisi Underground (1985)
as Mother Giuseppina
Roma bene (1971)
as Elena Teopoulos
High Season (1987)
as Penelope
The Unfaithfuls (1953)
as Luisa Azzali
Electra (1962)
as Elektra
Ring of Darkness (1979)
as Raffaella
Sweet Country (1987)
as Mrs. Araya
Christ Stopped at Eboli (1979)
as Giulia Venere
We Still Kill the Old Way (1967)
as Luisa Roscio
Moses the Lawgiver (1976)
as Zippora
A Dream of Kings (1969)
as Caliope
The Deserter (1983)
as Mariangela
Trap for the Assassin (1966)
as Julia de Noirville
Oasis of Fear (1971)
as Barbara Slater
Theodora, Slave Empress (1954)
as Faidia
Plato's Banquet (1989)
as Diotime
Island (1989)
as Marquise
Behold Man - The Survivors (1969)
as Anna
Dead City (1951)
as Lena
The Desperate Ones (1967)
as Ajmi
N.P. - The Secret (1972)
as Casalinga
Blood Wedding (1977)
as La mère
1931: Once Upon a Time in New York (1973)
as Donna Mimma
A Child Called Jesus (1987)
as Old Maria
Lettera da Parigi (1993)
as Gina
Witness Out of Hell (1967)
as Lea Weiss
Antigone (1961)
as Antigone
Il falso bugiardo (2008)
as Self (archive footage)
The Man From Cairo (1953)
as Yvonne Lebeau
The Murder of Julius Caesar (1972)
as Calpurnia
Up, Down and Sideways (1992)
as Μαρία
Fallen Angels (1948)
as Liana
Afghanistan For What? (1984)
Actor
Un Amore Rubato (1993)
Actor
Vortice (1953)
as Clara
The Missing Scientists (1954)
as Gina
L'assistente sociale tutto pepe... (1981)
as La Signora
Inquietude (1998)
as Mother
1821 at the Cinema (2021)
as (archive footage)
Yerma (1999)
as Vieja pagana
Pssst ... girls! (1959)
as Eleni
The Balad of Mamelouk (1982)
as Mamluk's Mother
The Lake of Sighs (1959)
as Frosyni
The Steps (1966)
as Joana
...και το τρένο πάει στον ουρανό (2001)
as Elena Michailovna